MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - We raised concerns in 2018 that CalHR provided no supporting evidence to justify Unit 6 pay increases despite it being required by state law (see our May 2018 analysis ). We raised concerns in 2019 that CalHR withheld (and continues to withhold) a compensation study it completed in 2018 (see our June 2019 analysis ) and proceeded to not produce
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Both of the new requirements become effective July 1, 2018. If a facility cannot comply with one or both of the requirements by July 1, 2018, it can request a “workforce shortage ” waiver from DPH. The department is currently finalizing the application and evaluation process for this waiver.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

Collective Bargaining: Assessing Proposed Employee Compensation Increases

Mar 20, 2020 - Two years later, CalHR indicates that the union and administration still have not resolved their differences on the compensation study and do not plan on submitting to the Legislature the 2018 study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4206

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6

Jun 14, 2019 - We do not have a bargaining unit specific valuation for 2016; however, the past two valuations released by the State Controller ’s Office (SCO) indicate that the Unit  6 normal cost was $227.4  million as of June 30, 2017 and $233.7 million as of June 30, 2018 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4078

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 9 (Professional Engineers)

Aug 28, 2018 - The administration ’s estimates do not reflect any changes in state contributions towards employee pension benefits beyond 2018-19. The most recent projections from CalPERS indicate that the state ’s pension contributions for miscellaneous employees will increase from 29.3  percent of pay in 2018-19 to 32.6  percent of pay by 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3880

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Sep 7, 2023 - LAO Assessment 2018 Compensation Study Disagree That 2018 Compensation Study Is Confidential Under CPRA. We disagree with the administration ’s assertion that the 2018 compensation study and all information related to it are confidential under the CPRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4800

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Apr 4, 2016 - These leave cash outs are subject to Medicare payroll taxes but do not affect employees ’ pension benefits. The administration assumes that departments would absorb these costs within existing departmental resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3409

Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - Because the tax contributions of some employers that are assigned the maximum rate do not fully cover the UI benefits received by their former employees, the UI system increases the tax rates assigned to other employers to make up the difference.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/2

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - For this example, we assume that neither County A nor County B provide benefits and all of the modeled wage increases occur in 2018. (We note that these examples are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect any county in particular.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 18 (Psychiatric Technicians)

Jan 9, 2020 - Although DDS recently has operated other large facilities —like Fairview Developmental Center —that employed psychiatric technicians who had to work mandatory overtime hours, the department has been in the process of closing these facilities and will be moving the final residents to community-based settings in January 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4134